In a message dated 1/23/2020 5:02:45 PM Mountain Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
> A maximum of 1.34% of the initial seed treatment was successfully
recovered from [maize] plant tissues in both study years."<Randy
>Of that percent, only a tiny fraction would wind up in the pollen.
Thus, toxicity to which bees are exposed may well have actually DECREASED
-- an observation widely reported by beekeepers in the Corn Belt.<
The Crop Dust Research Consortium Final Report had investigators who saw a decrease just over the approximately 3 years of the CDRC studies - apparently, some of the changes in the coatings, drills, and grower awareness had a positive effect. Jerry
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